Valerie L. Jensen

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Menominee, MI **858

(C) 920-***-****

Email: acurab@r.postjobfree.com

Profile:

Accomplished Manufacturing / Project Engineer with a strong background in New Product Introduction, lean manufacturing, continual process improvement, 5S, and QCO standards. Certified Six Sigma green belt & trained black belt with a diverse knowledge of manufacturing and assembly practices. Proven track record in leadership, training, and mentor roles.

Professional Experience:

2015 - Present Sintex-Wausaukee Composites – Wausaukee, WI

Project Engineer

Coordinate the launch of new/revised products from design review through manufacturing launch including establishing goals, specifying and developing materials and processes, training team members, and evaluating results for efficient production methods and quality results. Manage communications with customer to resolve process design or specification issues

Review engineering drawings with customers for completeness of product design, all specifications and tooling requirements to improve costs, manufacturability, and quality

Create manufacturing plans, bills of materials, drawings, cost estimates and specifications. Create financial models to track costs, capital, and profit margins from quotations through to final full scale production. Resolve questions from key customer decision makers, vendors, and contractors

Working in conjunction with business leaders develop partnerships with customers' technical personnel, review documentation of projects, update appropriately, and resolve manufacturing or specification

2014 - 2015 Tyco International – Marinette, WI

Applications Engineer / Sales Engineer

Key product lines Large Dry Chemical & Twin Agent Systems for Fire Suppression

Key point of contact for clients, answering queries, providing technical advice and new product introductions.

Prepares cost estimates by studying/reviewing drawings, plans, RFI/RFQ’s, SOW and related customer documents.

Determine improvements by analyzing cost-benefit ratios of equipment, supplies, service applications, engineering or proposing changes in equipment, processes, or use of materials or services

2011 – 2014 Case New Holland – Racine WI

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - New Product Launch Leader

Setup new program budgets, track spending and actuals monthly

Champion 5 new programs for 2014-2015 launch, prebuild status - complete

Manage New Product Launch group including salary, hourly and contract personnel

Purchase capital equipment, schedule and oversee installation and training for startup

Use TeamCenter / Pro/E to create visual work instructions

Create project schedules for each New product we are introducing

World Class Manufacturing Early Equipment / Product Management co-pillar lead

2010 – 2011 KI - Bonduel

Manufacturing Engineer

Areas of responsibility include auditorium seating and healthcare

Cost specials for quoting purposes – each order is custom

Field installation and Customer Service call

2009 – 2010 Case New Holland – Racine WI -CONTRACT (MST)

Manufacturing Engineer

Define and Execute World Class Manufacturing plan for Tractor Assembly line

Develop and plan kaizen events that will benefit company and employees

Make areas “showcase” for new process improvement initiatives through visual workplace

New Product Launches

2008 – 2009 McQuay International – Faribault MN

Quality Engineer

Hands on problem solving line issues Rooftop, Self Contained & Maverick lines related to Engineering, Quality or Process

First Pass Yield targets / goals discussion with employees daily / Capability Studies

Develop instructions, quality documentation, train employees

Co-lead on 6 kaizen events pertaining to inventory reduction, SMED, and standardized work

2006 – 2008 US BioEnergy – Inver Grove Heights MN

Project Manager Engineering / Operations

Implementing PI software system to gather historian DCS data and generate trending & reports from any variable

Implementing Lean Six Sigma throughout the Operations sector

2006 – 2006 Case New Holland (CNH) – Wichita KS –CONTRACT (MST)

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) –New Product Launches

Lead AME on the European noise program, to lower the decibels from approx. 102.3 to 100 in a 2 month timeframe & includes 3 models

Daily activities include: Design & Process FMEA’s, Design Reviews, Fit-ups in experimental, leading “pre-build” launches, assisting with project schedules, writing work instructions, line balancing, training assembly workers on new processes

Work with New Technologies Group so not to fall into the paradigm of “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Look for new and innovative materials & processes to do things and introduce them to engineering & operations

2004- 2006 Bobcat Company Division of Ingersoll Rand – Bismarck, ND

Manufacturing Engineer

Required courses taken for Six Sigma Blackbelt program

Wrote instructional training manuals for use of Oracle geared towards

Manufacturing Engineers - Routings - B.O.M. - Lead Time - Subassemblies

Member of Q1 team designed to map out processes and identify "black holes" in our current state. Implemented solutions to fix & stabilize.

Core member of Manufacturing Support Center new facility development team.

2002- 2003 Anchor Coupling Inc. Division of Caterpillar - Menominee, MI

Process Engineer – CONTRACT (self employed)

Certified Green Belt in Six Sigma Methodologies

Leader of a Six Sigma CNC setup reduction team. Reduced setup time 62% with an annual savings of $61,200

Green Belt on 4,6,8 MN project involving thread removal to slip fit and crimp. Project saved $950,000 with a level 1 quick win of $25,000 per month in the screw machine area.

Successfully trained a new group of Green Belts in the DMAIC Principles

Value Stream Mapping / Internal vs. External / Flow Charting are all tools used when introducing a new process and validating its effectiveness

2001- 2002 Goodrich Corp (Turbine Fuel Technologies) – Carroll, IA

Manufacturing Engineer

Established cycle time rates and ensure they are efficient vs. cost per piece

Established work and training standards for 7 machining cells in less than 1 yr.

2000- 2001 ERDA Inc. – Peshtigo, WI

Manufacturing Engineer / Design Engineer / ProE Administrator

Implemented cellular manufacturing, increasing on-time delivery 42% in first 6 months

Taught workshops which included methods of waste elimination, increasing involvement & job satisfaction, promoting continuous improvement, improving our safety, quality, cost, and delivery times

Calculated stress, CG loads, and inertia values to determine if design was capable of maintaining an average size occupant in a simulated crash

1996 - 1999 Karl Schmidt Unisia – Marinette, WI

Mechanical Tool & Mold Designer

Design / model robotics fixtures, permanent die cast mold equipment, and all tooling necessary for various operations involved with aluminum piston manufacturing

Operated a UNIX based CATIA workstation and AutoCAD R14 daily

On-the-fly design: Determining cost effective, safe, and production efficient ways to make operations more beneficial in an extremely short amount of time

Education: Concordia College / Univ. - BSME - 2001 GPA..3.5/4.0

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